Are you excited or even concerned about the upcoming elections and their impact on our environment? We are too! Here’s your chance to get involved with other local Sierra Club members and help solid green candidates. Houston’s Sierra Club Political...

Join us for a special evening to benefit the Sierra Club’s Houston Group and Lone Star Chapter. Gather with like-minded folks, enjoy good company, great appetizers and desserts. See displays of local conservation efforts and service projects. The...

Here are two well done videos that illustrate and explain how recyclables are actually processed. These videos also help to address many of the questions that citizens have about how to properly recycle.

In June Houston Sierra volunteers helped plant a variety of wetland plants at Exploration Green, a new park being developed in Clear Lake at a former golf course site.   When completed Exploration Green, comprising nearly 200 acres, will...

Over fifty millenials from across North America gathered in New Orleans alongside facilitators from GreenFaith, an organization that seeks to inspire, educate, and mobilize people of faith on environmental issues. We gathered there for GreenFaith's...

The City of Houston recently announced two new glass recycling drop off locations, with more to follow. Through a new partnership with Strategic Materials Inc., North America’s largest glass recycler, the City is trying to provide citizens with more...

On July 8, 2016, the Houston Sierra Club (HSC) met with the District Ranger and his staff at Sam Houston National Forest (SHNF) to discuss a proposed 4,100 acre project which would thin log 20-30 year old pine trees to reduce basal area (density)...

That’s when the City of Houston announced that it will be purchasing 30 MW of solar power from Hecate Energy through its retail electric provider, Reliant Energy. This is a 20 year power purchase agreement; not just renewable energy credits (RECs...

As we approached Sally Lake Road, which would lead us in about one-half mile to Hudson Woods, David shouted out, “An Owl!” I looked in my rear-view mirror and I saw a Barred Owl perched on the FM 521 road sign that we had just passed. You never...

Welcome to the Houston Sierra Club online Bayou Banner newsletter for July 2016. Click the title to see the news this month.